EKB News

An apartment fire around 1:00 A.M. Thursday morning at a building in Hindman of Knott County left several homeless and thousands without power and phone service as crews worked feverishly to control the flames and restore as much service as possible. Judge Executive Randy Thompson says the two most important forms of communication, phone and internet, along with the radio station, were affected, making it difficult to inform Knott County residents of what was going on. The Hindman Volunteer Fire Department was on the scene for about eight hours, and utility workers are continuing to restore services, although they say it could take up to at least 36 hours for service to be restored. Officials believe electrical problems prompted the fire.